Victoria Azarenka sweeps aside Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday after playing a tremendous match to face off with Elena Rybakina in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. The Belarussian won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.
Victoria added to her prize money $ 369,750 after winning this match. She has won already $ 925,000 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Azarenka will add $ 700,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,625,000.
Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Jessica Pegula Australian Open – Melbourne
Azarenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:37
At the end of the match, Azarenka scored 74 points vs. Jessica’s 54.
Azarenka
Azarenka won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Pegula is 3-2 for Victoria.
Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Azarenka will play Rybakina in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Azarenka started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set since Pegula found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Victoria kept her focus to break Pegula in the 10th (6-4) game.
They played 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Victoria won just 3 more points than the American (46-43). Azarenka lost 20 points on serve (22-20). On the other side, Pegula conceded 24 points on serve (23-24).
Azarenka started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Azarenka to win the set because Pegula found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Azarenka maintained her focus to break Pegula in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Jessica was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
They contested 40 points. Victoria conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the American (26-14). Victoria lost 5 points on serve (15-5). On the other side, Pegula conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H details and stats
